Job Description

World Scientific Publishing is an award-winning home-grown international publishing and media company. It is one of the world\xe2\x80\x99s leading independent academic publishers and the largest in the Asia-Pacific region. With its headquarters in Singapore and offices in New Jersey, London, Munich, Hong Kong, Taipei, Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Chennai, it publishes more than 600 titles a year and 180 journals in various fields. World Scientific has published more than 12,000 titles.Former Prime Ministers Lee Kuan Yew and Goh Chok Tong are among World Scientific\xe2\x80\x99s authors. Many of its books are recommended texts adopted by renowned institutions such as Harvard University, California Institute of Technology, Stanford University and Princeton University. Working with the Nobel Foundation, World Scientific has the exclusive right to publish the entire series of Nobel Lectures in all subjects. Apart from the Nobel Lectures, we have collaborated with many Nobel laureates to produce best-selling books since 1980s.

• To assist Social Sciences team to acquire book/journal projects on core focus areas through emails, attending conferences, meetings etc.
• To provide data analysis of the latest trend of the publishing industry
• To learn the process of planning, controlling, and carrying out the editorial functions and coordinate all necessary actions which occur at any stage prior to receipt of a manuscript through finished product under the general guidance of subject leader/team members.
• To assist team members with book launch events, as and when required
• To work on different production and acquisition tasks assigned by team members (guidance will be provided)

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